Buhari: Jonathan lacks capacity to end insecurity

The National Leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari, declared yesterday that President Goodluck Jonathan’s handling of the security challenges in the country has shown that his government lacked the capacity to deal with the crisis.

The violence, the former military leader said, is pushing the country towards anarchy hence the need for well meaning Nigerians to step in immediately with a view to saving the country from going under.

Buhari who was the Presidential candidate of the CPC in the 2011 elections, spoke at the party’s national convention in Abuja to ratify the planned fusion of the CPC, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) into All Progressive Congress (APC).

He said, “Anarchy is knocking on the door of many sections of this country and the Federal Government has not demonstrated that it has the good sense to understand what is going on, or the competence to check it.”

“The nation is hopelessly adrift. But, if we are to survive, this vicious circle of violence that has engulfed this nation must be brought to an end; and we implore the National Assembly to take the lead in this quest for peace.

“The government has failed in almost everything. It has proved unable to secure the nation’s internal environment: there is widespread and rising poverty and unemployment across the length and breadth of the country. There is spiralling lawlessness all over the country. There is a complete and total decline in the quality of social services and an irremediable dilapidation in the nation’s socio-economic infrastructure across board.”

He said the patience of Nigerians and the constituent parts has been severely tried and stretched to its limits and citizens now owe it a duty to salvage the situation.

On the planned merger of the parties, he said: “Many political analysts have long stated that the only way to stabilise the country is for opposition parties to merge and oust the ruling PDP.

“This is a historic moment when several different political parties have resolved to come together to change Nigeria for the better and stop the mindless drift that has been going on for the last 14years. We must understand and accept that we are here gathered to make history or forever stand accused and condemned by it.”

Buhari emphasised that the only way to stabilise Nigeria is for the opposition parties to merge and oust the ruling PDP.

The parties in the merger are coming in as equals, he said, and have resolved that henceforth all votes must count.

The National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Bisi Akande, who also addressed the convention, spoke of APC’s determination to save the country from PDP’s poor governance.

He said: “We are, however, not unaware of the huge challenges we would face in this endeavour, and the series of minefields we are to cross in our common resolve to rescue this country from total collapse. It is against this backdrop, that we are gathered here today as we did in Lagos to fulfil one of the requirements under the law to actualise our coming together under a single political platform – All Progressives Congress (APC).

“We have heard the Macedonian call of our people and we have set sail on an irreversible course to contest and assume power at the centre. Our undying quest to refocus and, possibly, to re-fix this massively endowed but hugely debased country has made us to set aside our individual interests for a larger national one. For every PDP’s years of the locust, we are offering, in exchange, a new regime of prosperity, fiscal discipline, security and a more emancipated society.

“For about a decade and a half, since the People’s Democratic Party came to power, the development of this country has been arrested and almost stalled. Their strange institutionalised style of governance has engendered a general sense of hopelessness, despondency and inertia among the citizenry.

“In just the same way as the entire democratic space has been fouled with fraud, leadership failure and high level insecurity, our social and economic management has been constricted through unbridled corruption and widespread poverty in the face of enhanced revenue earnings to such an extent that the strata of the Nigerian society too has been engulfed in mutual suspicion and fractured with national disunity.

“This coalition of progressively minded leaders represents a major shift in Nigeria’s political paradigm. As leaders, and indeed, as political parties, we are convinced, beyond any shadow of doubts, that Nigerians deserve a better country.”

Governor Raji Fashola of Lagos State was optimistic that APC would defeat PDP in 2015 and urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to shun bias in considering the application of APC for registration.

His Ogun State counterpart, Ibikunle Amosun, spoke along the same line, saying INEC should be just in handling the APC application, while Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo asked for the support of the generality of Nigerians for the party.

The running mate to General Buhari in the 2011 Presidential Election, Pastor Tunde Bakare, warned the government against any attempt to truncate the current democratic dispensation in the country as the APC is ready to defeat the PDP in 2015.

Bakare moved the motion for CPC to dissolve and merge with three other opposition parties to form APC. The National Legal Adviser, Abubakar Malami, seconded the motion while Alhaji Yahaya Sule Hamman moved the motion urging the convention to adopt a resolution to approve the merger agreements.

The motions were approved.

At the Gusau convention of the ANPP it was shouts of ‘Change’ as the 6054 delegates mandated the party leadership to go ahead with the plan to fuse into the APC.

The ANPP National Chairman, Chief Ogbonanya Onu, said it was time for the ruling PDP to start preparation to go into opposition in 2015.

Like Gen. Buhari, he also deplored the present socio-economic situation in the country.

His words: “As I look around I do not like what I see. The signs are troubling, the situation on ground is worrisome, light and darkness have no meeting points, poverty has crippled the country, and high rate of unemployment, the ruling party has plunged the masses into high rate of insecurity.

“For 15 years Nigeria has not known peace and we are not at war as innocent citizens are being killed day and night as justice has become a scarce commodity.”

He said despite Nigeria’s abundant resources, the people have remained poor.

Promises are made and yet the same promises are broken thing, he said, adding that the situation has degenerated to this level because “we allow a dominant one party system in the political system, as monopoly in politics is completely unacceptable. It increases decay, scuttles competition, strangulates innovation and weakens creativity.”

Onu said the merger has come to strengthen the unity of the country so that different ethnic and religious groups can come together and salvage the country.

The Chairman of the organising committee and the host governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, said the coming together of the CPC, ACN, and ANPP is to end the dictatorship at the centre.

At the convention were the Presidential candidate of ACN in 2011, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Rauf Aregbesola (Osun).

Chief Fani-Kayode in a statement on the merger said it “provides hope for Nigeria and it represents the only vehicle and platform that can deliver our nation from the hands of the PDP and the Jonathan administration.”

He added: “I salute those that have found the courage to stand up against the tyranny, blackmail, pettiness and incompetence of the Jonathan administration and I, together with millions of others, stand shoulder to shoulder with them in their quest to restore and resurrect the fortunes of our country. The various resolutions to merge into one new party is a first step in the right direction.”

We should help Jonathan build the capacity to end insecurity now if we know how to. If we don’t , there may not be a country to govern come 2015. Why do we relish talking about anarchy? Anarchy when we don’t win election, anarchy if we are not allowed to merge, anarchy in the only state controlled by our party. God help us!

Mr Sunny, I wish majority of the people of this country are thinking like you. Our country would have beenranked as a developed nation by now. Everybody is seeing problems and critisizing it which is wonderful for our democracy to thrive, but nobody is profering solution. Nigeria is about to break people are busy talking about 2015 election. They are busy critisizing, blocking access to local government gate critisizing and distracing people that are doing well. We all have to stand up and say no to this evil.
NO TO DESTRUCTION OF LIVES AND PROPERRTIES, NO TO LOOTING OF OUR TREASURIES, NO TO CHANGE WITHOUT DESTINATION.

Victor

I agree with you but the institutions that will protest you when you stand up against looting and bad governance will turn against you. In the civilised world, people rise up against bad governance because they know they as citizens have rights that must be protected. Can you say the same for Nigeria?

Buhari is right and the only hope is 2015 when Nigerians will have a voice.

abbey

sunny, kingsley, it is rather unfortunate that most of us allow religious and ethnic sentiments to becloud our sense of objectivity. the same thing made them to vote gej in the first place. one thing we should all know is that uneasy lies the head that wears a crown and whoever chooses to rule a tiny colony should be ready for all manners of problems let alone nigeria. the fact remains gej has disappointed those who voted him to power. finding excuses for non performance should not be encouraged. how many times have j.bush, clinton, obama, or mandela put up excuses for failures? however, i agree that we should join hands together to find solution to the current crises so as to find a country to govern come 2015 and beyond.

Abdaul

Anarchy is a product of continuous injustice, un abated corruption, election rigging denial of fundamental human right et al. The recipe is abound in Nigeria. That is not discussed will not mean it is not real.

Kalu J. Okafor

Did all these start with Jonathan’s presidency? Have they not been there all along? Who is fooling who? Will they only disappear if Buhari becomes president of Sharia Nigeria? This conspiracy will not work. It will only consume the architects.

Ahamnze

This is the baboon and blood promised Nigeria by Buhari. He started it and he should stop it if he has had enough blood and if he knows how. It is easier to create a monster than to tame it. If the country goes under, all well and good and it will be no thanks to those who have held this country ransom since 1966 to 2007. GEJ has been there for barely two years and I am not sure he came with a magic wand to wipe out all the rot left by past governments which included Buhari. We all still remember the 23 suit cases at the airport. Nigerians are always looking for quick fixes without first analysing the problem with a view to finding the causes. You cannot treat symptoms well without knowing what caused the symptoms in the first place. The structure of the country put in place between 1966 to date does not favour nation building instead it encourages looting and plundering and without amending this structure somehow, you cannot achieve peace and progress no matter how much you wish them.

ebiotu

My brother, Buhari is taking Nigerians for a ride let me tell u continue blackmailing GEJ government con not give him the presidency. He is part of the people sponsoring Boko Haram he things nigerians do not know. let wait for 2015.

jama

mr Sunny,You mean your president have not ideal how to stop anarchy nigeria? Best he should resign

Buhari, your expaired drug APC can not change this country for better than the present Adminisrtation is doing now. The problem in you is that your speaches causes insecurity in the Northern part of the country. If you can recalled your statement after Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was declared winner in that 2011 general election, since then violence started in the North. Sometime last year you made another statement that there will be blood baith in 2015 election. Take a look at your speachs at yesterday’s convention again, you are systematiclly calling for crises to happan because you are not sure APC will crushed PDP in 2015 election.

ebiotu

Buhari can not be a president in this country, let him send his children to man or female to context not him. Gov Okorocha should please do not soil yourself with the APC or Buhari. We can not buy Buhari ideas any more. Come any time any day i will alway vote Gov okorocha if he come up but after 2015 when GEJ may have finish his second team in office.

Raphael Ikyaabo

I will advice you to go back to leadership qualities in Nigeria. A part from Buhari, who among past and present Nigerian leaders will come out and boast being free from corruption? That is why we liked him to come back and chase away corrupt practices.

Buhari u and ur APC do u have another resources to develop nigeria except oil in d Niger-delta? My stand is this, if buhari claim to be d best why did he truncated d first legitimate democracy in nigeria? I believe buhari is above 40yrs when he removed democratically elected president, and a fool at 40 is a fool forever. If opposition parties are claiming that pdp have failed nigerians i think some govs came from d opposition parties why is there still poverty, unemployment and lack of basic amenities in their domains? I have only see buhari and his members magician and confusionist

Victor

If you really want to be truthful, you would agree with every word Buhari has uttered. Look around you and tell me if you like wat you see. Nigeria is burning. Buhari is a respectable man, he may not be perfect but he sure deserves a lot of respect.

Comments on these website are seen all over the world, we Nigerians must learn how to talk especially with regards to comments about our leaders. Goodwill I believe you are a respectable man but referring to Buhari as a fool doesn’t tell well of you and all of us as Nigerians. Gen Buhari is a former president of Nigeria, come on man!

THE NORTH LEADERS INCLUDING BUHARI ARE BEHIND THE PROBLEM OF INSECURITY FACING THIS COUNTRY BCOS THEY WERE FRUSTRATING ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE GEJ GOVT. AND RENDER IT USELESS B4 NIGERIANS & THE WORLD. THEY WILL SURELY REAP WHAT THEY SOW.

d gr8

den wat is gej doin dere wit all d security under his control, does dat mean we have 2 government in nija?

ebiotu

victor, Buhari is among the people that put this country where we are. i did not know how old are u victor. why is Buhari playing with the destiny of this country by blackmailing President GEJ. He should know that a man that overthrow a democratically elected goverment now say he is a democrat in military or boko hara. we will see in 2015.

Dimkpa

what do you really know about this leader of bh

Kalu J. Okafor

How many former American, European or even African heads of state are talking about bloody baboon and dog in their countries if they dio not return abd win the presidency? Go talk to almajiris who you think for and refuse them thinking for themselves.

d gr8

remember wen election is “RIGGED”

Coco-Bassey,Esu

a dominant party in a political system increases decay,scuttles competition,weakens creativity nd strangulates ideas nd innovation nd let me add to it,it breeds ethnoreligious crisis which creates division nd hatred among d citizens as we r experiencing which is not healthy to our on going democracy,with only two party system in a political system,one party is able shake d north,south,east nd west nd it end regional party,one party is not healthy to stay in power for too long no matter how good or how bad d party is,we need to change our food if not we suffer from malnutrition of democracy,we welcome this change nd we pray INEC shld save this country by being transperent nd sincere if not God judgement awaits them nd their generation

Tola

Buhari, our main man, our 2015 Presido, make una just siddon dey look. Don’t stress yourself. Relax. Just allow the shoeless man to do the best of his ability cluelessly & leave the stage. It is just that you would have a lot to do as regards the cleaning of the mess he would have left behind. Don’t you mind, we’re almost in 2015 & I’m sure he’s packing his belongings already. He-he-he-he . . . . No sentiment!

ycat

my problem with you is that you seem to always talk from your anus.if the mallam feels he has the solution to the problems he created in the first place,why not proffer it now?or are you waiting for when there will be no Nigeria to rule in 2015.he thinks he is the only person to fix this country,to what extent did he do that when he was the president of the country?.to me and for sure he is the Boko Haram we are looking for.fools

ebiotu

Tola, how old are u to say Buhari is ur main man. vision and darkness are for people who can not see tommorow.

Tola

@ebiotu: I’m just 20 sir. I can see that you are almost close to your grave, that’s why you can’t reason along. . . . hehehehehe, I dey laugh ooo

Easy

The man simply tried to share some wisdom with you, and you come up with abuse and insolence. You are indeed a cretin.

john

JONATHAN CAN NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE HE SAID THAT THE MEMBERS OF BOKO HARAM ARE IN HIS GOVERNMENT,BUT HE DID NOT BRING THEM OUT. HIS LATE SECURITY ADVISER OPENLY SAID THAT PDP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE BOMBINGS IN THE COUNTRY,THE PRESIDENT DID NOT DO ANYTHING. THEREFORE THE ONLY MESSIAH OF THE COLLAPSING NIGERIA IS GENERAL BUHARI. THE ONLY FORMER HEAD OF STATE THAT DOES OWN A SINGLE HOUSE IN ABUJA. IF SOMEBODY SAYS HE DOES NOT LIKE HIM ITS BECAUSE OF TWO THINGS.1- FOR TRIBAL REASONS OR 2- RELIGIOUS REASONS. BUT HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN THAT THE TWO RELIGIONS XTIANITY AND ISLAM ORIGINATED FROM MIDDLE EAST. XTIANITY STARTED FROM BETHLEHEM IN PRESENT DAY PLASTINE TO JERUSALEM AND ISLAM STARTED FROM SAUDIA. JERUSALEM HAS BORDER WITH PALASTINE,JORDAN,LEBANON, EGYPT WHILE THE SAME SAUDIA HAS BORDER THE WITH THE ABOVE COUNTRIES. THEREFORE IF WE ARE TO BE SENTIMENTAL WE WILL NOT EMBRACE THESE TWO RELIGIONS BECAUSE THE FOUNDERS WERE NEITHER BLACKS NOR AFRICANS. THEY WERE NOT IGBOS, YORUBAS OR HAUSA. PLS DON’B IGNORANT, VOTE FOR COMPETENCY.

YOU FORGOT TO ADD THAT THE PERSONS ARRESTED AND BEING PROSECUTED FOR BOKO-HARAM AND INSECURITY ARE PDP MEMBERS THEREBY CONFIRMING LATE GEN. AZZIZA AND PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S REVEALATION THAT BOKO-HARAM MEMBERS ARE IN PDP (PEOPLE DESTRUCTION PARTY).

Idris

U shal live long mr, john

Hausa_man

Mr.John may the Almighty continue to bless you. We need people like you in this country. Our so-called leaders both northern and southern leaders have succeeded in blinding people with ethnic and religious sentiments. Instead of people to choose leaders that will make life better for everyone, they will rather live in misery and vote based on sentiments. May the Almighty deliver us!

James4st

We want to see those change in ur ruling states b4 we can trust u. First start developing ur control states, talks re cheap but action…..may nt be seem. Look at ur control states like Nassaraw, Yobe, Borono, Ekiti, Osun etc. Change those once first.

abbey

james, u must be a blind man if u can not see any change in Lagos, Osun, Ekiti and other states controlled by opposition.

Okadigbo

Shame on to u all

Saka C

Jonathan lacks capacity to end insecurity but buhari aquire capacity to continue the insecurity,foolish man from north you think by critizing GEJ everyday weda good or bad will make you nigeria president, the more u critise GEJ the more u expose ur bad behaviour the more GEJ atract the public sympathy,this old fool buhari wil die while pursuing power.

Kevin Peter

Good talk, Buhari is no better than present government. He is among the maladministration in the past that led to current turmoil in the country.

d gr8

guy, remember GOD givs power to whom he wills @ anytym, anyday, n anywhere, we shld learn how 2 b constructive in our comments, luk @ issues nt individuals, analyz wat d guy is sayin is he ryt or wrong, or itz nt wat we r facin 2day? if we allow sentiment 2 rule us den we r in doom, d man has said it all, i can c d reason y sum of us r in mess, we complain of corruption,unemployment,insecurity etc n sum1 dere is tryin2 voice it out n u r dere tryin 2 castigate him, if we4get of sentiment n religious bigotry den we will b dere, buhari u simply made up my day, 1 luv, Jonathan 1s said boko haram r in his cabinet, n also d creation of pdp, 4 me, any bomb explosion jonathan has 2 b held responsible so as 4 him 2 b able 2 fish out d boko haram in his cabinet, simple.

Kevin Peter

Please, don’t talk about sentiments when we are all involved and affected. I am from the north and feel marginalized by the so called leaders mostly from the north who have not contributed anything meaningful to the country, the result of which you and i are worst off for it. Let’s always face facts and say the truth. No past leader is exempted as i am only voicing out opinion of other people. If a one time head of state did not do anything and cannot offer solutions but continuous to threaten chaos always, he only has to know that he has nothing to offer. Tell me other past leaders who are threaten and fire and storm other than Buhari

Hausa_man

I feel sorry for you. You only said what you said because the man is a muslim. Is he the only person that has made such comments. Comments that were misquoted. At least he says them with his own mouth. Unlike GEJ who uses his thugs the likes of Asari and co to make violent comments because he lacks the balls to do so himself. Shame on you!!!

Saka C

I have said it b4 and stil saying it again that we southerners wil acept buhari on these conditions=1 that buhari wil publicly denounce membership of boko halam and acept education for his ppl in the north expecialy almajiri,2=buhari wil go to families of victims of boko halam expecialy the igbos and apologise to them one by one and comisrate with them,3=that you(buhari)wil not islamise this country if you were to be allow to become president,4=explain to the southerners why the north is always hungry for power,5=why the north think they are the first class citizen while others are what God use in completing nigeria populations,If buhari can clear us thise questions then we wil acept you to become our president come 2015 without election.

Emmanuel Igechi

Saka C. C should mean childish i guess.

Yunusa Abubakar

@Saka, My six years old daughter remarked exuberantly after reading your etched comment,”I believe with every conviction that Saka will not intellectually compete favourably with any of my classmates.I thought,Daddy, only intelligent people comment in Newspapers”.Mr.Saka,you have placed yourself where you truly should be-Primary one.That is my little daughter’s verdict.I rest my case.

Sunny Akhigbe

This is one of the problems with have in Nigeria: how do we distinguish between, facts, fiction, exaggeration and outright hyperbole? The politicians are guilty of it too as they so easily paint with the broom. I congratulate you and your six year old daughter. It means we shall never lack intellectually sound women in Nigeria. But I hope your daughter will allow others express their views without insulting them when she takes over from you. Or is it going to be like father like daughter?

Oliver A.

And it is just this false sense of superiority that delude. I wonder who Buhari is addressing; himself or his conjecture. For it is one thing to have good intentions and apply all your vital energies towards it’s accomplishment, even though devil’s agent make all effort to thwart it; And another thing to parade as all knowing, while all the while promoting not knowing and ignorance.

Abdaul

He might as well explain why the last truck of cows from the north did not arrive your village on schedule.

you talked about north and religion’ ist president, zik was a christian from south-east, ist head of state, Ironsi, was a christian from south-east, 2nd head of state , Gowon was a christian from middle belt, OBJ another Head of state after Murtala short reign, was also a christian from SW,OBJ a christian from SW came back in 3rd republic, and handed over to Yaradua who reigned for 2yrs and another christian from south-south assumed power, among these people, no southern muslim,…are southern Christians marginalized?

ola silver

I notice that all jonathan fans are illiterate most of them talk with sentiment how many refineries has he built in south south all the promises he made ain’t came true the subsidy removal we see nothing pdp always talk we need actions we re tired of all this lies come and see what our governor has done in lagos, the first cable bridge in west africa is here in lagos connecting two giant city in island ikoyi and lekki south south people neva think they believe Nigeria only focus on their oil b4 the arrival of this oil u people re benefiting from other people resources so keep ur mouth shut.

Eddy

What a pompous little man. I presume that you are speaking completely without sentiments? Well, you might convince yourself that this is the case, but in truth, you simply aren’t. You see the sentimentality in others, but refuse to look closer home at yourself. Lagos is the commercial capital of the country, and its development has been ahead of anywhere else since independence. This is irrespective of who is in power at the centre or in Lagos. To begin to attribute this to the present governor is frankly silly. You should also remember that these people whom you refer to as illiterates just because they do not share your views each has vote which is no less important than yours.

Meritas4me

So Buhari of all people has the “capacity” to end insecurity in Nigeria?What an irony.Wonders will never end.May God deliver this country from desperate and dangerous people.

E. COLLINS

Buhari is a desperate man. Desperation diminishes integrity or how do one categorizes his frequent drums of war about an election taking place in 2015? l blame Jonathan for not arresting this man and cause him to face the law of the land after his 2011 post election comment. However, let it be known that any person who cast his vote for him or to his cohorts has done a great disservice to this country.

If jonathan have no capacity to deal wit d security problem of dis con3 then u have no capacity to rule us 2, d day dat u win any election in dis con3 you will see dis anarchy dat u always talk about and it will start frm niger delta. Just watch out.

Security is a collective responsibility that both those in govt and those that are not in govt contributes to the success. Then, what was the contribution of Buhari as to wipe away insecurity in Nigeria?

Emmanuel Igechi

John, You did not mention the third and most important reason some people dislike Buhari–. They benefit from the current state of wuruwuru and jagajaga government, where you can fraudulently go write down your name in a list meant for petrol importers and get paid in full especially when your father belong to the ruling party. In the current state of things, you can carry away peoples pension! Such people hate Buhari and would fret anytime he contests.

UCHENNA

Mr General just be documenting your speeches because Nigerians would definitely use them against you as you prepare to cry again for failure for yet to be conducted election. Election can only be free & fair except only if you win, lets watch & see.

buhari can not even cordinate the only state that his so called cpc is ruling, nasarawa state has since become a war zone, yet he can do nothing about just one state, behold the nigerian saviour, save your self and the state you rule first! You created the boko haram and the resulting insecurity because of the legendary fulani greed and lust for power. Even the anpp that has rule borno and yobe since the inception of democracy still talk! These people are totally shameless, a party that has presided over the anarchical states of borno and yobe, the hot beds of boko haram and almanjeri, the porest and educationally the most backward states in nigeria despite the billions they have been collecting as monthly allocations from abuja over the years should hang its head in shame. Are they planning to spread their backward on the national level?, phyisician heal yourself! Buhari has been the governor of borno and yobe states when it was north easthern state, were are his legacies!

Abi??!

The fact still remain dt politicians hav notin to do wit religion. There are plenty muslims in GEJ-led govt so also there’ll be plenty xtians in Buhari-led govt come 2015 if God so wish. We pple outside govt are just making noise. Come 2015, some pple from d SS region will vote 4 buhari, while some northeners will vote GEJ. Lets pray 4 better leaders, discard sentiments.

Correct Man

Saca city nonsense. You are a complete fool by accepting GMB can islamise nigeria.GMB governed this country through military govt which, has no assembly members but only soldiers. If he he was not able to islamise nigeria by then while, he was commanding with guns, how on earth can he now islamise nigeria with all the senate and reps to check his execesses. How can a sane person believe this nonsense if not for pure mischief.I challenge the I Q of all those people pedelling these lies against GMB. The ruling party has no anything to tanish the image of GMB but only to propagate the lies of him being islamic fundamentallist and trying to link him with BH which he publicly denounced and still those pee brain southerners are clinging to the lies just to make sure their youth hate him because they were not born when he governed this country selflessly. If buhari can islamise nigeria your papa and mama would have been muslims since 1984. Wheither you like it or not GMB is best presidential candidate this country can ever produce. If GOD wills Jona can continue or he can make GMB the president which you dont have choice. Only GOD can decide who is the president in 2015 irrespective of your hatred and image tanishing. Idiots with pee brains.

Pls my man tel those dat hate Buhari 4 notin but brain washed bcos if check some of dem they were not born when Buhari was in power, & de criminal Nig leaders use religious issues 2 tarnish his image b4 de gullible Nigerians, may God help us ameen.

Tola

@Correct: Make you tell them oooo. Well said.

Gabby

You have just said it the way it is GMB. The Otuoke drunkard is already packing his bags and baggage. I am from the South East but I will always vote for Buhari whether he wins or not but to satisfy my conscience.

ycat

it is you and all your generation even to come that are fools.so at your age if you become the president of this country you will die abi?.Even if we need a change of govt,must it be that sponsor of boko haram?what did he forget in govt house that he wants to go back and collect?.wise-up man,no wonder you fools reject western education and western dressing but commit the most wicked sodomization in world history.l pity you and your likes in this country.mark my words “Buhari will never rule this country again”period.

ISHAKU DOGO

Correct man, may d gud Lord bless u my broda.How i wish we d Nigerians youths should have your kind of mindset & understanding and the so called bloodsuckers d GEJ lead administration will not continue to use our heads.Y do PDP have to do away with Azazi? A man that kept exposing d heinous crime & bombings committed by PDP everyday while he was alive.Christians & Muslims lets unite & flush PDP out of power come 2015.Buhari is the only man dat can rule dis country in fairness,humility,justice and with all sense of integrity.May God help us!

Onsachi

Those who are stil thinking of jona’s return to ASO rock afta 2015 need to go and pychiatric doctor to get thier brains exermined. Kudos to cocoa, john and tola for their contribution on fb to librate this nation.

Wale, Youth’s Agenda For APC

The end of a painful PDP era.

THIS CHANGE WILL WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MOG

APC will win if GMB. Do not contest for 2015.

OGOCHUKWU ODILI

Just wait and see GEJ will win 2015 election if he chooses to contest because the people of South South, South East, Middle Belt part of Adamawa and Taraba State will not vote for Buhari and to crown it all is that we that come from these places but reside in South West will finish everything by ensuring that our Vote keep GEJ in office till 2019 period.

Buhari nd Cpc has power to control insecurity in the country, that has proving in nassarawa state where buhari nd CPC lack more capability to tackle the insecurity than GEJ.

olaz

i surprise when people taik against gmb and behold is just like a gang up among few christian especially ibos.but ppl are not just someone called gmb bokoharam jonathan not bh?eight police officer killed in bayelsa were killed by bh or GMB?GIVE TORT

Ero

Do we need a militia, an emperor, a dreadful man or an all powerful as our president? The world of today is led by intelligence (mental capacity). Buhari doesn’t fit into that class! If only Nigerians can think from their hearts and not just heads, then we will know that GEJ is a distinctive leadership we require to build upon henceforth. Men are not change by force neither development through rage, but via cooperation and coordination synchronize in respect and tolerance of other folks (compatriots). APC IS TOO VAMPIROUS AND TURBULENCE! No to their such idealogy for now in Nigeria of true dream.

@sunny,odinga nd co,i still maintained my stand dat ur reasoning in this forum can only b accepted by a big fool nd ur hatred for Buhari hold no water since u continue to reason frm ur anus.if d FG have anything against Buhari concerning terrorism,they shld b bold nd brave enough to arrest him rather ranting as a coward,where is one trillion budgeted for security?did d FG invite Buhari to come on d round table wit pdp to profer solution to insecurity if they so wish as it always done in developing countries where former presidents r always invited?ok did they even invite OBJ as member of pdp rather u experience cold war b/w pro GEJ nd OBJ,is dat d admins that is ready to tackle insecurity rather creating more tro his action in river state.also how will think d country can b islamise wit our constitution dat is above who ever,even during military dispensation it was not posible nd u think with ur fowl brain that can b possible? D fact of d matter is pdp nd corrupt evil people like u r so afraid if Buhari takes over as d president alot of them will ginger in jail nd they will do everything wit their last drop of blood to stop him,we all know so stop ur malicious nd ignorant comment against Buhari,if election can b guarantee free nd fair this 2015,buhari will win even in bayelsa,nigerians r wiser now than yesterday of sentiments

Ameen

Gen. Buhari employs christian driver nd christian cook for so many years even up till today… Stop blackmailing Buhari, hence he love both christians nd muslims….He is a simple minded-man who have mercy for humanity….

Kalu J. Okafor

How many former American, European or even African heads of state are talking about bloody baboon and dog in their countries if they did not return and win the presidency? Go talk to almajiris who you think for and refuse them thinking for themselves.

Emeka Emefesi

Rochas, u mean u need majority dat will support u to vote aboki man as a president. That shows me dat dis man called Rochas is just an emty drum dat makes most noise. No wonder u sent ur deputy to easterns zone governors forum meeting held yesterday in Enugu, u were d only absent gov in dat meeting bcos u were at aboki’s convention in Abuja. Thank God it was only three of u prodigan sons, Rochas Ngige n Ogbonnaya Onu was there, greedy set of people. Lets watch n see.

Walter

Buhari, you made the north insecured; so that you will tell Nigerians that jonathan lack the capacity to end insecurity. Buhari, security is not for the president alone; look at how the Niger Delta elders end the Militancy in the region ; when a northerner was ruling; what will get when a Niger Delta region is ruling is that the northern elders creat a sect to kill Nigerians because that is one way the Buhari led opposition has strategies to on-seat GEJ. Buhari kill innocent people every day with his Boko Haram; my question to those people who don’t believe this fact is that why buhari and Tinubu ( desire for power ) has not in any time visit or condemn the attack of Boko haram on Nigerian and the state. When over 4000 people has been killed by the sect yet lai muhammed will continue to attack the FG without opine any solution; the ACN or APC play politices with the life of Nigerians. The northern elders and buhari (boko haram) has made nigeria insecured. God will decide who will be president come 2015…! If killer(buhari) will rule come 2015 God will decide.

john

BUHARI IS A MESSIAH. GOD SENDS HIS APOSTLES WHEN THE SITUATION BECOMES MISERABLE AND WHENEVER GOD SENDS HIS RIGHT MEN THE UNBELIEVABERS WILL MOCK, STONE AND TRY TO CRUCIFY THEM. THE TRUTH IS ONE AND NO TWO WAY ABOUT IT. BUHARI HAS COME TO RESCUE THE SINKING SHIP,NIGERIA.

ebiotu

A ship he Buhari sick before GEJ came on board.let wait and see come 2015.

Saka C

Buhari is the best president nigeria never wanted,buhari is a handsomeman but no body knows what he have instock for nigerians,he can become president and decide that the whole land belong to nig gvt that any fulani man have right to take his cattle to any farmland for feeding including ota farm in ogun state, Infact buhar can become president of arewa consultive forum but nig is not posible bcos this man wil not tolerate anybody that is not housa fulani,and bring out law that wil keep igbo man indoor till age of 70yrs,only free education for igboman wil be almajiri and sucide bombing he wil make it free for igboman but God wil not alow him, let me prepare for church jaree that talking about dead wood like [email protected] man desist from insulting ppl i am old enuf to bcom ur fada pls.

Nuray21

@Salam C., according to you, you are old enough to be Correct Man’s father. But unfortunately, your level of reasoning proves otherwise. Someone’s daughter even concluded you are not fit to be in Primary 1.
Please, let us jettison sentiment and start thinking of moving this nation forward by voting credible leaders come 2015.

Yunusa Abubakar

If politics is really a game of number,then the Otuoke villager is on his way home come 2015.

yinka

my fear in dis whole saga is that Tinubu is heading towards another mistake of selling d yorubas to d hausa/fulanis just like Akintola did which brought d south-west about 50 years backward. Secondly, buhari has no moral justification to speak on d state of d nation. Has he forgotten that he instigated d last post election voilence which resulted into d killing of hundreds of innocent pple including youth corpers. with no apology or remorse. Yoruba ronu

nigerians! Shd we continue in this circle of hopelessness, let change. Some of us talk like big fools, all d pple caught bh activities did anyone mention GMB rather pdp senators. GEJ confirm n late csa say same.

Cesearius

This buhari is really a virus in this country and a blood sucking vampire.

kiani Aaron Tamuno

enough of the bru hahas… God only will decide who the next Nigeria president will be. stripped of all technicalities, God is the giver of everything. Let us stop these ethnic sentiments and join voices in prayer.

pls wether buhari or nt let all of u advice him not critizien gej 4 inscurity but brings solution or call bokoharam for dialogu

eddy

this is only 2013,mak una wait na der is wat people call political phylosophy n Thoery if we actually knw dis things u will b able 2 predict wat will hapnd in 2015. APC will end up having d baking of 3 westn states 4 northn states d middle belt wil totaly b out frm una agitatns. Rochas wil also b suprise by wat IMO people will do. Nigeria political history n ideology is nt based on wat d masses say but wat d internatnal n super powers detects. Let think of our lifes 1st com 2015. God bless us all

THANK YOU THE PRESIDENT IN WAITING,JONATHAN REALLY LACK THE CAPACITY TO GOVERN EVEN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TALK LESS THE WHOLE NIGERIA,HERE IS A MAN THAT WOULD HAVE END HIS POLITICAL CARER AS A VICE IF THE LATE PRESIDENT UMARU YARUDUA HAD NOT DIED.

PDP WILL BE IN OPPOSITION BEFORE THE 2015 ELECTION,MANY OF THEIR GOVERNORS,SENATORS AND HOUSE REPS MEMBERS ARE LEAVING THEM IN MASS,PDP IS UNDER GODS AND PEOPLES JUDGEMENT,THEY ARE IN A WAR OF NO RETURN,LOOK AT THEM,IN THE NORTH,SOUTH SOUTH,SOUTH WEST AND EST THEY ARE IN WARS.

Patrick Agbobu

NOBODY OR A GROUP OF PERSONS HAS THE RIGHT TO PLAY POKER OR PLAY god WITH THE DESTINY OF NIGERIA. MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD GIVE US THE BEST PERSON TO RULE NIGERIA, REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE OR SHE COMES FROM. A THIS STAGE WHEN THE MILITARY COUPSTS FROM FORCED THEMSELVES ON NIGERIA FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, THESE SAME PERSONS THOUGHT AND BELIEVED THT THEY HAVE A DIVENE RIGHT TO RULE NIGERIA. THE LACUNA IS THAT NOW WE HAVE A VENTROLOQUIST DUMMY AS LEADER.

Tikari

naija is for evrybody and anybody from any were can rull for his eight years in ofice, pls pple should stop using rel or tribe to decive our pple bcos of there selfish intrest

Omo Yoruba

Two things APC will need to win .. No 1. A presidential candidate that will be acceptable to the north religiously, to the southwest tribally, and to the southeast economically. 2. Money dictates success in Nigeria .. APC must be prepared to buy vote. This is not ideal but the reality. If they are waiting to be elected by responsible voters, they will soon discover that irresponsible Nigerians outnumber the responsible Nigerians. If they want to change Nigeria for better, they have to enter through the only available bad gate, thereafter they can repair the whole system and bring the good change

Ebuka Amaechi

All the speakers at the convention of the CPC & ANPP have spoken well.But my advice to this leaders,who have reharsed what an average Nigerian has experienced & knew of,since the Democrat ic dispensation,since about I4 years in Naiga.Nigerians are tired of rethorics wtout corrosponding change or actions from the Politicians. What most Nigerians demand from the Leadership of the new mega party,the APC is attitudinal & Generati -onal change from the status quo.The only assurance Nigerians need from the APC leaders are public declaration to debunk or confirm the widely held view that Rtd. Gen Buhari & Senator Ahmed Tinubu are interested to contest election in 2OI5,Gener al Elections,under the platform of the APC. Thefore my advice to Rtd.Gen Buhari Ahmed Bola Tinubu,Dr Onu Ogbonnia & former Governor of Sokoto State,Alhaji Bafarawa, in their interests, the mega party & Naiga peple,is to shawn thos -e who might have advised them to contest for any of the elective positions in 2OI5.General Elections, because they are all psychopants,& real enemies of the Nation .My candid appeal to, this leaders are to shawn all temptations to contest elections, but to play the rules of Elder Statesmen & fathers to motivate the non-corrupt,tested non-tribal & experien -ced youths amongst the members, the party might chose as the flag bearers for all elective offices in the 2OI5.General Elections .Nigerians ve decided to collectively reject any plan short of above, from the Leadership of the progressives,come 2OI5,General Elections.

aboki

When DOKUBO ASARI n KUKU talked with threat 2 end the existent of NIGERIA, most of commentators above cld not react wth condemnation. However, the lack of respect n unguarded utterances on BUHARI person has shown how sentimental bias n lower virtues in those comments. We shld wait 4 d 2015 2 come n decide the trend millions of NIGERIANS wld fallow. I wld always ask this question, how the map of post NIGERIA wld look like? The world is reading those comments as its defines ur culture n moral values. Most of u not patriotic at heart, its really unfortunate!

HON. SUNDAY UGWA

I think it is high time we grew above ethnic, tribal or religious sentiments in matters of selection of persons to manage our collective wealth and future. We should learn to see the various segments of Nigeria as one family. The insistence on tribe, religion, region as against credibility, merit, and genuine patriotism remain the major setback in our strive for eco-political development of the country to the advantage of the political class. Please let us all have a rethink. What we want is that NIGERIAN who can deliver.

job ohioma odion

I am now convinced that most of the commentators in this forum are either naive or clearly jaundiced. The news report was about the merger plans of the three opposition parties and their plans to rescue this country from the misrule of the PDP led government. There was nothing said about Buhari’s presidential ambition or the issue of North and the South fight for power. This is the politics of a failing country led by a dominant, corrupt and inefficient PDP government in the last 14 years. This issue transcends indviiduals including Buhari, lets wait for the merger plans to work out and then we can canvass for a credible and saleable candidate to push Jonathan and his evil party out of Aso Rock. Those blabbing now are possibly the hired hands of the monstrous PDP and their cohorts. In Egypt and the Arab countries that have witnessed the modern revolution the youths were the driving force, here our youths are blinded by greed, inordinate quest for easy and quick money, religious and ethnic bigotry that they can not recognize change when it is in the offing, let alone be the drivers of such a change. This explains the uncharitable remarks about the incorruptible patriot and statesman like Buhari. This was how they denied Awolowo the opportunity of fixing this country, yet we want to run to developed countries like South Africa and Ghana where the citizens made the right choice of leaders and are now reaping the benefits. Who is fooling who?

The other Emeka (Aku)

Running on the weakness of PDP will never work! Can anyone tell me what APC stands for? What is their agenda, program, philosophy, platform?. What has APC proposed to do for Nigeria other than give me power because PDP is bad. APC if you are listening, if you do not hurry up and define yourself, PDP will define you and it won’t be pretty.

rabbi

The only thing GEJ is yet to do as far as containing the Boko Haram menace is concerned is to order the arrest of the god father of BH, Buhari. That is why he can talk rubbish. As for that other lickspittle, Fani-kayode, he should pls tell us whether his benefactor OBJ had anything near GEJ’s performance in his first term

Maybaby

God said pray for the peace of your city in the peace of that city u will have peace. Why is it so hard for those that are calling for GEJ’s head to accept that it is God that has allowed him to be in power? Why did Buhari shed tears and asked his people to fight for their vvotes when he lost the election to Jonathan? If you are truly a good person, i mean deep within him and he sees all these things happening, what will it cost him to talk to GEJ and say we really need to fish out these people i.e bh sponsors because he is well respected in the north instead of promising fire and brimstone. Then again i wonder, is it by force to lead people?? He has led before, he should go and relax now haba. Are our northern people saying that they don’t have a youthful candidate to fly the flag on their behalf?? Are APC people saying that they dnt have a youthful candidate? The fact remains that the PDP is a corrupt party while the APC is a mixture of all good n bad stuff. Just wait, if there is a counrty called Nigeria in 2015 all well n good bt if not, to your tent o Isreal..

Patrick Agbobu

IT IS NOW VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE IN OFFICE AND NOT IN POWER. FOR CRYING OUT VERY LOUD, YOU ARE THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA.. MR JONATHAN AS THEY SAY YOU MUST PUT UP OR BOW OUT. COW TOEING TO ALL AND SUNDRY IS NOT LEADERSHIP AND NOT AN OPTION. JUST WIND BACK MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, YOU HAVE SAID UPTEEM TIMES THAT BOKO HARAM IN A MATTER OF A FEW MONTHS THEN, WILL BE ATHING OF THE PAST. WHAT DO WE HAVE NOW? YOU HAVE MADE BOKO HARAM VERY RELEVANT WITH YOUR INACTION.

dee

Buhari is the cause, why is he shouting….let him call his haramites to order!

Most of the comments I am seeing here is based on ethnic and religious sentiments. What I think should be the concern of most Nigerians including the politicians is how to end the security challenges we are facing,if not their won’t any Nigeria to rule come 2015.I voted for GEJ,which I still regret doing,cos I have not seen much improvement in d country and corruption is on the high side.I welcomed the idea of APC and initially made up my mind to vote for them,but some of the utterances the make regarding to boko haram are disturbing.I have never heard any of their party leaders strongly condemn boko haram or their activities(correct me if I am wrong)or even proferr solution on how the problem can be solved.But unfortunately the only thing I hear is govt has failed,govt is doing nothing etc.it made me started wondering if the were enjoying the killings so the can discredit govt.when finally govt called for state of emergency,they started shouting govt shndnt do that,I started feeling funny and wondering if they have d interest of Nigerians at heart or if d are desperate for power.I am contemplating on Lying on my bed and sleeping on election day.But let me still watch and see.But I will never vote for PDP even if the bring out a saint as their candidate,they have failed. APC I am still watching u guys are falling my hand.God help Nigeria.